[Use of a blood glucose meter to detect whether fluid aspirated through an epidural catheter placed for obstetric analgesia was spinal fluid or local anesthetic]

Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2008 Oct;55(8):516-7. doi: 10.1016/s0034-9356(08)70639-x.
[Article in Spanish]
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amides / administration & dosage
  • Analgesia, Epidural / instrumentation*
  • Analgesia, Obstetrical / instrumentation*
  • Blood Glucose / analysis
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / instrumentation*
  • Bupivacaine / administration & dosage
  • Catheterization*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid / chemistry*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dura Mater / injuries
  • Female
  • Glucose / cerebrospinal fluid
  • Humans
  • Pregnancy
  • Punctures / adverse effects
  • Ropivacaine
  • Supine Position

Substances

  • Amides
  • Blood Glucose
  • Ropivacaine
  • Glucose
  • Bupivacaine